ORDINANCE 2011-07AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF LOWER ALLEN TOWNSHIP, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA,AMENDING, CHANGING AND MODIFYING THE CODE OF THETOWNSHIP OF LOWER ALLEN, 1997, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 209,ARTICLE IIIB, PARKING REGULATIONS FOR RECREATIONALVEHICLES AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLES AT ARTICLE IIIB.BE IT ENACTED AND ORDAINED,

by the Board of Commissioners (“Board”) of Lower Allen Township (“Township”), Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and it is hereby enacted andordained by the same as follows:

” by “Residence District.” making the following changes:1.The definitions for “Residence District” and “Sight Distance” are deleted in their entirety.2.The definition of “Commercial Vehicle” is deleted and a new definition for “CommercialVehicle” is added as follows:“A truck or construction and maintenance vehicle used primarily in business or industry.”3.The definition of “Construction and Maintenance Vehicle" is deleted and a new definitionof “Construction and Maintenance Vehicle” is added as follows:“Vehicles used for construction and maintenance purposes, including but notlimited to, backhoes, tractors, excavators, bulldozers, trailers for transporting saidvehicles and similar type vehicles.”4.The definition of “Truck” is deleted and a new definition for “Truck” is added as follows:“A motor vehicle, excluding passenger cars, designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of persons or property."

Effective the date of this Article, it shall be unlawful for the owner or operator of anytruck with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) in excess of 10,000 lbs. gross vehicle weight or in combination with a trailer to park or store such vehicle on any street or residential propertylocated within the residential zoning districts R-1, R-2 and R-3.

B.

Parking or storing of construction and maintenance vehicles within residential zoningdistricts R-1, R-2 and R-3 shall also be prohibited by this Article.

EXCEPTIONS:C.

Subsections A. and B. shall not apply to trucks or construction and maintenance vehiclesas follows:(1) used in conjunction with permitted non-residential uses in residential zoningdistricts R-1, R-2 and R-3 or (2) parked for the purpose of making deliveries or improvements to a property or street located in residential zoning districts R-1, R-2 and R-3.

bydeleting Section 209.29-15 in its entirety and replacing it with a new subsection 209.29-15

“Enforcement”

as follows.The provisions of this article will be enforced by the Police Department for violations occurringon public streets. All other violations will be enforced by the Department of CommunityDevelopment. Any person seeking a temporary exemption from this Article may make saidapplication to the Township Manager.

at subsection 209-29.16 Violations and penalties by deleting subparagraph A.(1) in its entirety and replacing it with a new subsection A.(1) as follows:(1)Any person, firm or corporation who or which causes, allows, permits or suffers any vehicle to be parked in any zone in which parking is prohibited by this article shall pay to the Township an unlawful parkingcharge in the amount of $50. There shall be a separate unlawful parkingcharge for each consecutive day during which such unlawful parkingcontinues.